{"id":11160,"date":"2012-08-17T00:05:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T22:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/?p=11160"},"modified":"2013-02-17T15:47:07","modified_gmt":"2013-02-17T14:47:07","slug":"egg-pepper-and-anchovy-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/?p=11160","title":{"rendered":"Egg, Pepper and Anchovy Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13258\" alt=\"egganchovysaladp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/egganchovysaladp.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/egganchovysaladp.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/egganchovysaladp-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/egganchovysaladp-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I promised myself to use my kitchen library more often. I did it when I started to mark with red stickers all the spines of the books I have never cooked from. I was appalled by the result and decided to act immediately, especially since another two recently ordered items were on their way&#8230; I love reading cookery books, leafing through them (even those which don&#8217;t have illustrations), dreaming with them (those without photos are excellent here), but somehow rarely open them in my kitchen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The other day, desperate to use up a couple of dying, wilted red peppers I forced myself to keep away from the computer and turn to my book shelves instead. I remembered vaguely something interesting in a Spanish cookery book I haven&#8217;t opened for ages and I was right. A cute little book called simply Cocina Espa\u00f1ola (a Spanish edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Spanish-Parragon-Books-Ltd\/dp\/1407549499\/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1345153826&amp;sr=1-2\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Spanish&#8221; by Parragon books<\/a>, no author), brought by my friend as a gift from Spain, proved to contain a salad I was able to prepare without even going out shopping. I couldn&#8217;t ask more for lunch on a hot sunny day: the salad was quick, easy, comforting and incredibly Mediterranean. In short the epitome of a casual Spanish dish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This salad (not the first recipe from this concise but surprisingly practical book) not only convinced me that I should cook Spanish more often, but most of all, proved once more that my cooking library if full of treasures I should profit from. It has also reminded me how much I adore anchovies and how delightful they are paired with eggs. Accidentally, it&#8217;s the first Spanish recipe I have posted on my blog and I was very glad to add a new &#8220;country&#8221; category.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I have slightly adapted the original recipe to make it a dish for one. I have also changed the proportions and replaced black olives with vinegared capers to add a fresh, acid accent. (I&#8217;m sorry for the messy presentation, but I was really hungry!).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Preparation: 30 minutes<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ingredients (serves one as the main course or two as a starter):<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>2 hard boiled eggs<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>2 big sweet red peppers (long or bell peppers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>6 -8 canned anchovy fillets (drained)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>3 tablespoons drained capers (I used vinegared capers) or 6- 8 black olives<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sauce:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1 tablespoon jerez (sherry) vinegar<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>salt, pepper<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Combine the olive oil, the vinegar, season with salt and pepper.<\/p>\n<p>Cut the peppers in two and place, skin side up, under the oven grill or keep them over the flame until the skin becomes black.<\/p>\n<p>Put them into a plastic bag, close it and wait until they cool down.<\/p>\n<p>Peel them with your fingers, remove the seeds and white parts.<\/p>\n<p>Wash the peppers and slice them.<\/p>\n<p>Cut the eggs into quarters.<\/p>\n<p>Put all the salad ingredients in a bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Pour the sauce over them and serve with bread.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I promised myself to use my kitchen library more often. 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